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1663, Private Joseph KENT — 4th Light Dragoons

Birth & early life

Born in the parish of St. Giles, London.

Enlistment

Enlisted at London on the 8th of November 1854.

Age: 18.

Height: 5' 5".

Trade: Servant.

Service

Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 25th of May 1855.

Died at Balaclava on the 8th of July 1855.

Next of kin: Mother, Mary Ann Kent, living in the parish of St. James, Middlesex.

Medals

Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.

Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.

Commemorations

Death & burial

Died at Balaclava on the 8th of July 1855.

Next of kin: Mother, Mary Ann Kent, living in the parish of St. James, Middlesex.


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